Guida all'installazione di Microsoft Office 2024 Standard per Windows

Last reviewed 24 September 2026 by Jen, Technical Support Advisor at Nerdused (10+ years with Microsoft products). Meet the support team

This guide is for Office Standard 2024 on Windows: the five-app suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote) sold as a one-time volume licence. It covers the download for each language, how to check the file, the install, MAK activation, and the errors that come up most often. If you bought Professional Plus 2024, use the Professional Plus guide instead — the installer is different.

What you are installing

Edition	Microsoft Office LTSC Standard 2024 (the volume-licence release of Office 2024 Standard)
Apps included	Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote
Not included	Access and Publisher (Access is in Professional Plus 2024; Publisher was dropped from every 2024 edition). No Teams, no OneDrive storage and no cloud-only features such as Copilot — those are Microsoft 365 subscription features.
Runs on	Windows 10 or Windows 11 (and Windows Server 2019/2022/2025). Not Windows 7 or 8.1, and not macOS — see Office 2024 Home & Business for Mac. Choose 64-bit unless you have a specific 32-bit add-in.
Minimum hardware	1.6 GHz dual-core processor, 4 GB RAM (64-bit), 4 GB free disk space, 1280 × 768 display, internet connection for download and activation
Version / channel	Office LTSC 2024, Perpetual Volume Licence 2024 channel. The installer downloads the current 2024 build from Microsoft's servers (Version 2408 and later)
Licence	This is a volume-licence build (the installer's configuration uses Microsoft's PerpetualVL2024 channel with product ID Standard2024Volume), so it activates with a Multiple Activation Key (MAK) rather than a retail key. Enter the key in any Office app under File → Account → Activate Product, or from an administrator Command Prompt: cd "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16" then cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:YOUR-KEY and cscript ospp.vbs /act. cscript ospp.vbs /dstatus shows the activation state.
Microsoft support until	9 October 2029 (five years of security updates; no feature updates — that is what "LTSC" means)
Installer	2.9 MB self-extracting package containing Microsoft's Office Deployment Tool 16.0.17531.20046 and a configuration file; the Office files themselves (about 3 GB) download from Microsoft during Step 2

Download Office Standard 2024

Pick your language and choose 64-bit unless you know you need 32-bit.

It is important to note that the key you have acquired is a prepaid code that does not work with the pre-installed software. This product is an authentic Microsoft offering.

Verify your download

Every installer is a self-extracting package that contains Microsoft's Office Deployment Tool (setup.exe, signed by Microsoft Corporation) and a small configuration.xml. Before you run it, you can check that the file you downloaded is the one we published: open PowerShell in your Downloads folder and run certutil -hashfile FILENAME.exe SHA256. The result must match the checksum below exactly.

File sizes and SHA-256 checksums (click to expand)

File	Size	SHA-256
Office_2024_DE_standard_32Bits.exe	2,941,216 bytes	c0ba70686b6c456586cd586cd240327ef45521d8de5273532e323ffa5555ced7
Office_2024_DE_standard_64Bits.exe	2,941,216 bytes	cc5f39ad6794043c64fd8270c826627ae4279efff14f28cd3a0a7364b6a4d4c9
Office_2024_EN_standard_32Bits.exe	2,941,216 bytes	f0acdd994c2cda9f7c5cbb03141e62203e42db141e78ce2ac491633c61b8f1e0
Office_2024_EN_standard_64Bits.exe	2,941,216 bytes	2ef7a36038a526e78b5e29d4a546292238f2b5b23b3ec6517539e25dcc26ae70
Office_2024_ES_standard_32Bits.exe	2,941,216 bytes	36e487f6db771e91e040e55ed14e216cf1afb650049065fb5f3029aab3eccc70
Office_2024_ES_standard_64Bits.exe	2,941,216 bytes	19bde0e2a3c4809100fd101780e1b667a029bc001955ba01e0486cc72e61fd1d
Office_2024_FR_standard_32Bits.exe	2,941,216 bytes	cdf5eb649afb5dd902a5ae535c6ef6e0577f834725b651e2359857da4a42d8b8
Office_2024_FR_standard_64Bits.exe	2,941,216 bytes	db68c9e2fdd26b1e2f049e263995fb7a39eba4bb19e0563fd5cdbcd7965934b9
Office_2024_IT_standard_32Bits.exe	2,941,216 bytes	413cbd21a188827db02ca76e8af17031b43bb00f3479c9b0a72af3f7b3bb1686
Office_2024_IT_standard_64Bits.exe	2,941,216 bytes	3f70fe532d6cc6cc1e0235447370c7d1d09ee868bebc7efd2c7c6c9a738803d2

Before you start

• Have your Standard 2024 key from the order email ready (25 characters, five groups).
• If Outlook is set up in an older Office, note your email account details — the profile carries over, but it is worth having the password handy.
• Allow about 3 GB of download and 10–20 minutes; the installer pulls the Office files from Microsoft, so a wired connection helps.
• Expect five apps afterwards: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote. Access is not part of Standard.

How to Install Microsoft Office Standard 2024

Here’s a step-by-step guide to installing Microsoft Office Standard 2024.

Step 1: Uninstall Existing Microsoft Office (Required)

Before installing Office Standard 2024, remove any previous versions to avoid conflicts.

1. Open the “Control Panel”.
2. Select “Programs and Features”.
3. Find Microsoft Office in the list, right-click, and select “Uninstall”.
4. Follow the uninstallation wizard instructions.

Note: The process may take several minutes, depending on your computer’s configuration.

Important: Restart your computer after uninstalling.

Step 2: Install Microsoft Office Standard 2024

After downloading the Office installer:

1. Go to your Downloads folder

2. Locate the installer file (Office_2024_EN_standard_64Bits.exe)

3. Right-click and select Run as administrator

4. Follow the on-screen instructions

5. Select the “Install” button. This operation will extract the application and proceed with the installation of your product.

Step 3: Activate Microsoft Office

Method 1: Online Activation

1. Open any Office app, and you will be prompted to enter the activation key when launching any application from the Microsoft Office suite; this will be the initial request you encounter.

During the installation of Microsoft Office, you should have received a prompt to input the product key that we provided. If this prompt did not appear, please open Word, navigate to the File menu, select Account, and enter the key in the designated area. Failure to do so will result in your purchased Microsoft Office converting to a trial version after 30 days.

Method 2: Alternative Activation

1. Open any Office app

2. Go to File -> Account

3. Click Activate Product

4. Select Enter Product Key

5. Enter your product key

6. Choose Phone Activation

7. Take note of the Installation ID

Complete Activation via Microsoft Portal

1. Visit https://visualsupport.microsoft.com/

2. Click Let’s Get Started

3. Sign in with Microsoft Account

4. Select Activate a Microsoft Product

5. Choose Microsoft Office and Windows OS

6. Enter Installation ID

7. Obtain Confirmation ID

8. Enter Confirmation ID in Office activation window

Your Microsoft Office Standard 2024 should now be installed and activated.

Common errors and the fix for each

• 0xC004F074 ("The Key Management Server could not be contacted") — The volume build is looking for a KMS server because no key has been entered yet. Enter your MAK with cscript ospp.vbs /inpkey:YOUR-KEY then cscript ospp.vbs /act from an administrator Command Prompt in the Office16 folder, or use File → Account → Activate Product.
• 0x8007007B ("The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect") — Same cause as 0xC004F074: activation is being attempted without a key. Install the key with ospp.vbs /inpkey and activate again.
• "Unlicensed Product" banner across the top of Word or Excel — Office installed but was never activated, or the 30-day grace period ran out. Go to File → Account → Activate Product and enter your key. If the key is rejected, send us the exact message shown.
• "We're sorry, Office can't install because another version of Office is already installed" — Click-to-Run refuses to install next to an existing Office or Microsoft 365 install. Remove the old version (Step 1 above, or the uninstall support tool), restart, and try again.
• Only Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote appear after install — That is correct for Standard 2024 — Access is not part of this edition. If you need Access, the Professional Plus 2024 licence includes it.

Questions we get about this edition

Standard or Professional Plus — which do I need?

If you don't use Access (databases), Standard 2024 has everything else: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote. Professional Plus adds Access. Nothing else differs — the same builds, the same support date.

Can I install Office Standard 2024 on a Mac?

No. The LTSC 2024 build is Windows-only. For macOS use Office 2024 Home & Business.

Will it keep working after October 2029?

Yes — it keeps installing, activating and running. Microsoft simply stops shipping security updates for it after 9 October 2029, the same way Office 2019 stopped in October 2025.